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Belfast City Hall | The War Office in Whitehall, London (built 1906). | Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Australia (built in 1910). |
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Port of Liverpool Building (built 1907). | Ashton Memorial, Lancaster | Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), London |
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The Auckland Ferry Terminal in Auckland, New Zealand (built 1912). | Admiralty Arch, London | County Hall, London |
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former Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne (main pavillion) | General Post Office, Auckland, New Zealand | Lands Administration Building, Brisbane, Australia |
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The Midland Bank building in Piccadilly (designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1922). | Nottingham railway station Built 1901 - 1903 | Sinclair Centre, Vancouver, Canada |
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Stockport Town Hall | Westminster Central Hall, London |
Central Railway Station Sydney |
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Law Courts, City Hall and University College, Cathays Park, Cardiff | ||
The term Edwardian Baroque refers to the
Neo-Baroque architectural style of many public buildings built in the
British Empire during the reign of Edward VII (1901–1910). The characteristic features of the Edwardian Baroque style were drawn from two main sources: the architecture of France in the 18th century and that of Sir Christopher Wren in England in the 17th. Some of the architecture that borrowed more heavily from the English Baroque architects was known by the term Wrenaissance. This period of British architectural history is considered a particularly backward-looking one, being as it is contemporary with Art Nouveau. Typical details of Edwardian Baroque architecture include heavily rusticated basements, sometimes pierced by round arches (derived from French models); mansard roofs; a profusion of dormer windows; colonnades of (sometimes paired) columns in the Ionic order and domes modelled closely on Wren's for the Royal Naval College in Greenwich. Some Edwardian buildings derive their details from different sources, such as the Dutch gables of Norman Shaw's Piccadilly Hotel in London or the influence of the contemporary Grand Palais in Paris on Cardiff City Hall by the architects Lanchester, Stewart and Rickards. Notable Edwardian Baroque buildings Admiralty Arch, London Auckland Ferry Terminal, Auckland, New Zealand Ashton Memorial, Lancaster Belfast City Hall Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), London Country Life Offices (designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens) County Hall, London Deptford Public Library Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Australia former Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne (main pavillion) Grace Brothers Department Store, Glebe, New South Wales General Post Office, Auckland, New Zealand Lands Administration Building, Brisbane, Australia Law Courts, City Hall and University College, Cathays Park, Cardiff The Midland Bank building in Piccadilly (designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1922). Nottingham railway station Built 1901 - 1903, Opened to the public 1904. Piccadilly Hotel, London Lands Administration Building, Brisbane Port of Liverpool Building, Liverpool Sinclair Centre, Vancouver, Canada Stockport Town Hall War Office, London Westminster Central Hall, London Woolwich Town Hall The Library Building, Stafford ![]() Former Parcels Post Office Sydney |
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